a bedrock principle of the department of justice and our nation s commitment to the rule of law sets a an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone. applying those laws, collecting facts, that s what determines the outcome of an investigation. nothing more, nothing less. the words of rachel math maddow, stunningly simple words in both the indictment and from behind the podium. it was the first time we as an american public have ever heard from the special counsel notably he praised the fbi and the prosecutors on his team. rachel pointed out they have already come under vicious attack by the indicted ex-president. he encouraged all of us to read the indictment itself, an endeavor we re taking seriously. it s known as a speaking indictment, meaning it is straight forward and, frankly, gripping and dramatic. it lays out the alleged crimes trump faces. 31 counts have to do with the espionage act. we re going to unpack all of them.
it s a ceremony not seen in the united kingdom in 70 years. tomorrow, the official crowning of a king, king charles iii to be specific. cnn is live in london. and after warnings that the u.s. could tumble off a debt cliff next month, the white house is signaling it s open to talks, but not about spending cuts. this just ahead of the big meeting between president biden and congressional leaders. can they avoid a default? a suspect is in custody this morning after a series of stabbings near the university of uc davis. details about who police say is behind the attacks, all of this right here on cnn news central. the countdown to king charles iii s official coronation is on, and this morning the king is on the move. last hour, we saw him as he left buckingham palace to meet with commonwealth leaders and soon we will see him welcome international guests who are attending tomorrow s fanfare, including first lady jill biden. just under 19 hours from now, a crowning ceremony n
points and said he does no think it is what americans want the manhattan district attorney s office whic investigated trump s role in lunch money payments made to stormy daniels back in 201 declined to comment yesterda on trump s claims, or his cros through protest. nbc news, late last night, obtained his email sent by the da, alvin bragg, in which sh assured his staff that their safety is his top priority in part it reads, we do no tolerate attempts to intimidat our office or threaten the rul of law in new york there has been no official wor yet whether or not bright take to take the unprecedented move of indicting former president. the grand jury in this case ha not finished their work. the group is expected to reconvene tomorrow joining me now from palm beach florida. capitol correspondent, garrett hague. hague, great to see you again. you are near mar-a-lago. give us the insight into trump world. how are lawmakers reacting t trump s claim here well, other than the trut
workforce. entire countries, many of them. the u.s. government, in other words, is astoundingly large world, historically big scale without precedent. truly, gorgan. so what do all those people who work there do every day maybe wondering that? what s a good question? actually , nobody s really sure, including many of the employees themselves. fundamentally, the federal government is a mystery like the universe. it goes on forever. it makes you feel small thinking about it, which is probably the point. the good news is every once in a while our government does something you can actually understand that happened recently when joe biden signed a 700 or fifty billion dollar piece of legislation called the inflation reduction act, which is the inflation reduction act du come on , what do you slow the interest right there in the name? the inflation reduction act is an act that reduces inflation. it s an inflation reducing act and that s welcome news because inflation is indeed a pr
what a great symbol of a fight for freedom. perhaps not the fight for freedom in 1776 but in 1836. that was the 78 army band performing america the beautiful from the alamo, where texas fought for their independence several decades after the united states of america established our independence. happy fourth of july, welcome to fox & friends. lawrence jones, rachel campos duffy right here in fox square in new york city. good morning to both of you. these two are fist pumping about this coming from the alamo. i saw it was in san antonio, texas, but i didn t get it was the alamo. i would ve changed my pin on will do it later on. rachel: first of all look at our beautiful background here. thank just a great way to bring in the fourth of july for all of you. we had a great weekend at west point. and here we are and where joined by you, lawrence. lawrence: thank you for having me. it is beautiful because there is often so many things we can criticize with going o